Himalayan tahr deja vu. Feeding the addiction.

[ozy clint]

so it was, 48 hours after the shot, i found him. he had run about 100 meters from where i shot him.

having lunch while paul was stalking.
 

the view when i spotted the bull. he's between the trees, center frame. remarkable, i know!
 
 

he must have died half way across the rock slope and slid down to his resting place. his head was underneath his body.
 

the trophy of my dreams. a mature bull tahr. his horns are nearly 12.5"
 


after opening up the ribs after this photo it was found that the shot took out the top of both lungs. the lungs of a tahr are lower than that of a deer. anatomy lesson learnt.
 

[Al Kidner]

Keep it coming mate...

[Al Kidner]

Gee mate, we must have been typing at the same time, well done champ! I'm off next year myself for the same trip...

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Wow, Congrats Ozzy!

Incredible story, you had me on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Pure greatness! I'm so glad you were able to find him Clint!!

Congrats, my friend!

Bisch

[Hummer3T]

always look forward to your stories, thanks and congrats

[BMN]

Amazing stuff! Congrats!!  

[Archie]

Wow, this is a great adventure.  Thanks for taking us along!  It doesn't get any more real than this!

What a trophy!

[shankspony]

Ive been waiting for this report! Just awesome Clint! Was a great surprise and pleasure to meet you guys in the way we did.
That will be one of the top true free range bull Tahr taken with Trad gear EVER!

[Whitetail Addict]

Clint, I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your story and the pictures. The scenery alone must have been worth the trip.

Congrats on a beautiful bull, well done.  

Thanks for sharing your hunt.

Bob

[oldgoat]

Great job Clint, amazing what a young man can get done if he set his heart and mind to it. . Thanks a bunch. Bob

[chinook907]

Great job !  Awesome hunt and effort.

[memo]

That is awesome, well done doesn't even begin to say it.
To even walk in there with a trad bow says a lot, but to keep returning....well.
I hope that Paul and Mark have some luck come their way, but that bull is one of the best traditional animals i've ever seen.
   
Memo

[ozy clint]

thanks guys.

the pack was heavy walking back to camp, though it was welcome weight.
 
 

the next day i bummed around camp and attended to the skinning out of the head and salting the cape. mark and paul went hunting again.

here's some tahr i spotted out of my tent door. they are on the ridge top.
 
 

that evening the weather closed in again and it began to rain once more. another 36 hour period in the tent had begun......
it rained heavily that night and to my disbelief i awoke early the next morning to a flooded tent. there was 5" of water in the floor of my little shelter. my mat and bottom half of my down sleeping bag were wet and my camera was underwater. i was sleeping with the inner doors open to maximize ventilation trying to combat condensation. through the night i must have rolled on the edge of the floor wall and pushed it down onto the ground allowing water from the small stream running under the floor to flow into my tent and flood it.
it took me a while to bail it all out with my jetboil cup. the rest of that day it rained but it cleared that night and there was a huge frost. it was very cold that night. i was in the fetal position in my sleeping bag because the bottom was wet which made for a terrible nights sleep. that morning it was minus 8 degrees C (17F)in our tents. everything was frozen. the bottom of my bag was frozen, usually limp bootlaces were like pieces of wire. i told the guys that i was going to go down to the hut since all my gear was frozen and with these temperatures it would be silly for me not to go down to the hut. they decided to join me as they were in a similar but not as bad similar situation.

[newhouse114]

I guess I'll be the one to ask the question, after 48 hours was the meat salvagable? Great hunt and trophy!

[suttoman]

Hey Clint - which limbs did you shoot him with, the 70# set, or the lighter ones (I assume the heavier set).  Also, did you shoot a Bob Lee in the past, and how do you find the new Border bow?

cheers

Sutto

[RickE]

Very cool story and awesome photos!  Thanks for sharing.

[twitchstick]

Way to go!

[ozy clint]

yes the meat was ok. we dined like kings for two nights when got back to the hut.
 

suttoman- used the 58# limbs on my border. the arrows weigh 680gr. 185gr grizzly weighted to 300gr. 50gr insert. axis shafts.
i shoot the bull last year with the bob lee and it was a good bow. i sold it to help pay for the border. it is really fast, but i use the extra energy to shoot a heavier arrow at what would be considered normal speed for trad bows. it is very smooth to draw, when i shoot other bows now they feel like they stack. the only downside is i find it a little more noisy but it's not bad though.

[maineac]

What a great adventure. Cpngrats and thanks for sharing!